A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

On Tuesday, French AI startup Mistral AI released Devstral 2, a 123 billion parameter open-weights coding model designed to ...
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Codex incorrectly uses Git Bash as primary shell on Windows, chaining Git Bash → PowerShell → python, causing python.exe 0xC0000142

I’m working through complex quoting and encoding issues to insert a UTF-8 text block containing backticks and Unicode arrows into a file via a Python script called from PowerShell. I'm exploring using ...
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[BUG] Claude Code VS Code extension keeps showing “requires git-bash” on Windows even though Git Bash + env var are correctly set

– I fully removed the extension (.vscode/extensions + Code/User/globalStorage entries) and reinstalled it. – I also tested with a fresh VS Code profile (renamed ...